Carrie Mae Weems
Untitled (man smoking) from Kitchen Table Series, 1990
From the Catalogue:
“Long before I picked up a camera I was deeply concerned with the ways in which …
From the Catalogue:
“Long before I picked up a camera I was deeply concerned with the ways in which ¬African-Americans were depicted, and, for the most part, I didn’t like what I saw. So one way of dealing with it was to step in and rethink how black women, more specifically, need to be represented.” Carrie Mae Weems
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Steeped in African-American history, Carrie Mae Weems’s works explore issues of race, class, and …
Read moreSteeped in African-American history, Carrie Mae Weems’s works explore issues of race, class, and gender identity. Primarily working in photography and video, but also exploring everything from verse to performance, Weems has said that regardless of medium, activism is a central concern of her practice—specifically, …
Read moreFrom the Catalogue:
“Long before I picked up a camera I was deeply concerned with the ways in which …
From the Catalogue:
“Long before I picked up a camera I was deeply concerned with the ways in which ¬African-Americans were depicted, and, for the most part, I didn’t like what I saw. So one way of dealing with it was to step in and rethink how black women, more specifically, need to be represented.” Carrie Mae Weems
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Read moreSteeped in African-American history, Carrie Mae Weems’s works explore issues of race, class, and …
Read moreSteeped in African-American history, Carrie Mae Weems’s works explore issues of race, class, and gender identity. Primarily working in photography and video, but also exploring everything from verse to performance, Weems has said that regardless of medium, activism is a central concern of her practice—specifically, …
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